Roariker Anthony Swenson

Rory earned a BS with highest distinction and honors in economics, with a minor in Chinese. He successfully defended a thesis on the environmental justice impacts of air pollution policy in China and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Rory reached advanced proficiency in both Mandarin and Russian through the Russian Flagship Program, studying abroad in Taiwan and Georgia, and earning two Critical Language Scholarship awards in Mandarin and Russian. He pursued his interest in international business growth cycles through internships with a startup, a business incubator, a venture capital firm, an emerging markets PE firm, the State Department, and more. As an Agora fellow and part of the Morehead-Cain Dialogue and Discourse cohort, Rory was invested in encouraging civil discourse on campus. In his free time, he was an executive board member of the Triathlon team, helping introduce new athletes to the sport.